The Bridgeport RESCO Company on Howard Avenue in Bridgeport. The trash to energy plant converts municipal solid waste into kilowatt-hours of clean energy. On May 31, 2016, a fire damaged one of the boilers in the plant. less

The Bridgeport RESCO Company on Howard Avenue in Bridgeport. The trash to energy plant converts municipal solid waste into kilowatt-hours of clean energy. On May 31, 2016, a fire damaged one of the boilers in ... more

BRIDGEPORT — The generating capacity of the Wheelabrator trash to energy plant has been reduced while repairs are made to the boiler damaged in a Tuesday fire, but the processing of municipal waste from area communities remains unaffected.

Company spokeswoman Michelle Nadeau said the company expects the Bridgeport plant to be operating at full capacity within a week. “We wish to express our sincerest thanks and appreciation to the Bridgeport Fire Department for its immediate and thorough response,’’ she said.

The Bridgeport plant is handling two-thirds of its normal waste-processing capacity, Nadeau said, and supplying 38 megawatts of power onto the grid. Its normal output is 67 megawatts, according to the Wheelabrator web site.

Service to the plant’s municipal waste disposal customers is already back to normal, the Wheelabrator spokeswoman said, something that area elected officials agreed with.

“We have had no advisements regarding the condition of the plant,’’ said Tim Herbst, the Trumbull first selectman. “I know that in the past a boiler could be taken out of service for extended periods and the remaining two boilers were able to service the local needs.’’

Monroe First Selectman Steve Vavrek agreed. “From all I have heard, Monroe will be fine and not affected.’’

Leaking hydraulic fuel under the boiler caught fire at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, damaging the exterior, the Battalion Chief Mike Calderoni said. fire battalion chief said. There were no injuries, Calderoni said, and firefighters left the scene by midnight.

“We have had no disruption of service,’’ said Stephen Edwards, Westport’s public works director. “Wheelabrator has a significant amount of interuptible waste under contract that can be redirected before they would redirect any of the long-term contracts.’’

Milford Mayor Ben Blake said he has been advised by the city’s public works director,Chris Saley, that “there shouldn’t be a problem with the plant’s ability to process our solid waste.’’

More than two dozen towns and cities in southwest Connecticut have trash hauled to the plant, which processed 746,330 tons of solid waste last year.

The plant opened in 1988 and supplies the electricity needed to power 60,000 Connecticut homes, as well as its own operations.